Monitoring wild silkmoth, Ganometa postica walker, abundance, host plant diversity and distribution in Imba and Mumoni woodlands in Mwingi, Kenya

International Journal of Biodiversity Science and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 104-111

  Fening, Ken O ^a,b   Kioko, Esther N ^a   Raina, Suresh K ^a   Mueke, Jones M ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Acacia species diversity; Gonometa postica abundance; host plant monitoring and conservation; sustainable utilisation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMONITORING; HEIGHT; HOST PLANT; LARVA; LEGUME; MOTH; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN PROVINCE [KENYA]; KENYA; MWINGI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ACACIA; ACACIA BREVISPICA; ACACIA ELATIOR; ACACIA MELLIFERA; ACACIA NILOTICA; ACACIA TORTILIS; BOMBYX MORI; GONOMETA;

EID: 47549119254     PISSN: 17451590     EISSN: 17451604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3843/Biodiv.4.2:4     Document Type: Article

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